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Human Resources for Health Leadership and Management course


SOPH is one of four academic institutions in an academic consortium contracted by the WHO to develop prototype curricula for training in Human Resources for Health (HRH) leadership which will contribute to the implementation of the Global Health Workforce Strategy.

Project period


25 July 2019 – 31 June 2021

Project Summary

SOPH is one of four academic institutions in an academic consortium contracted by the WHO Workforce Department to develop prototype curricula for training in Human Resources for Health (HRH) leadership which will contribute to the implementation of the Global Health Workforce Strategy.

This comprises developing a Master programme, a one-month Diploma course and a two-week executive course, plus associated training materials, to be used internationally. The design will allow for the inclusion of individual modules into postgraduate training programmes and continuing education courses.

Funders

World Health Organisation

Partners and Collaborators

Co-ordinated by Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), the consortium comprises the

  • Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical(Portugal),WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Policy and Planning;
  • Semmelweis University (Hungary) – Health Services Management Training Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre on Human Resources for Health Development;
  • Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – Instituto de Medicina Social, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Planning and Information; and
  • SOPH which is the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Human Resources.